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Wifi for my desktop

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This and the proper driver can connect your computer if you have a usb port. There are both windows and linux drivers available. Linux drivers may be aimed at debian exclusively. This is  LUbuntu 12.04 on a P4 with a Gig of Ram. If I shutdown I have an alias i use to restart the wifi driver. I should just add it to startup. But I don't shut it down that often. Until some update wants a reboot. It's connected to IRC for me. I thought getting the alias working was an ok upgrade. Some devices I found were windows only. No mention of Linux. I knew better than go there. I also wasn't looking to spend a lot of money to keep my old desktop connected to the InterWeb. This was under $20 and some of my time to figure out the driver. My Rhino thumb drive is actually bigger than the device. ================================================= I'm revisiting this tech in 2019. Linuxmint 19 runs nicely on my old desktop and it built the driver for the device easily. Had some ...

Mr. Trump to be inaugurated in a week

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I wish that soon to be President Trump would stop tweeting, and pissing people off. Maybe that is his intention. I can only hope so, and that his plan will be revealed. Otherwise, he needs adult supervision.